Floyd Landis has made his return to Professional racing following his 2 year ban at the Tour of California last week. Landis completed the 8 Day Tour 10:26 down on Levi Leipheimer Astana. Landis wasn't the only rider making a famous comeback-Lance Armstrong was out on the road following his recent Tour Down Under. Armstrong finished 7th overall 1:46 down.
Landis Spoke to the press on Saturday, saying "It's been a very difficult race. Compared to any of the races we'd do in Europe of this length, I can't think of any race that would be harder," said Landis. "I haven't raced in two-and-a-half years, and it is a difficult race to start. I'm a little bit disappointed with how things have gone so far, but we're doing the best we can." Team Ouch were riding their new Kuota Kredo Ultra Road Bikes and Kuota Kueen-K Time Trial Bikes.
Team Ouch rider Rory Sutherland finished strong in 4th place on the last stage of the tour coming in the bunch with Leipheimer.
Stage 8 Result
1 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 3.48.39 (41.334 km/h)
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.02
3 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.40
4 Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
5 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
6 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana
7 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana
8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank
9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
10 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
11 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
12 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank
13 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1
14 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team
15 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing
16 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad
17 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step
18 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
19 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling
20 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad
Final Overall
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 31.28.21
2 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 0.36
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.45
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 1.10
5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.29
6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1.37
7 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 1.46
8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 1.54
9 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 2.24
10 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 2.48
11 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 2.57
12 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 3.19
13 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing 3.37
14 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step 4.15
15 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 4.19
16 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 5.44
17 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 6.08
18 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 6.25
19 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 6.56
20 Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing 7.55
21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 8.16
22 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 10.14
23 Floyd Landis (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 10.26
24 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10.47
25 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 11.09
26 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling 12.22
27 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 13.02
28 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 16.30
29 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 17.18
30 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step 17.57
31 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing 18.44
32 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 19.12
33 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam 19.15
34 Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 20.11
35 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam 20.51
36 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 21.23
37 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 21.46
38 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 23.23
39 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 23.46
40 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 23.56
41 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 24.18
42 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 26.48
43 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 26.56
44 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 27.35
45 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 28.53
46 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 29.53
47 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 30.20
48 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 30.57
49 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 35.02
50 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 35.13